This Way In

about town

July 10, 1993|By Opal

A new homeowner in Orlando became accustomed to the lizards, Palmetto bugs, lovebugs, toads, wasps, grasshoppers, spiders and other Florida wildlife that he would find in his yard from time to time. But he was shocked to come home one evening and find a two-foot-long snake curled on the front stoop under the porch light.

He didn't know if it was poisonous and didn't wish to kill it if it wasn't - and, in any event, was unequipped to make the effort. So he took the easy way out of the dilemma by taking the hard way into the house - opening the gate and entering through the laundry room. There he found his wife.